260 For Man’s Life, God Endures All Suffering
No one has ever looked into the secrets
concerning the origin and continuation of man’s life.
Only God, who understands all of this,
silently endures the hurt and the blows from man,
who has received everything from God but is not thankful.
Man enjoys all that life brings as a matter of course;
likewise, it’s “a matter of course”
that God is betrayed, forgotten, and extorted by man.
Could it be that God’s plan is truly of such importance?
Could it be that man, this living being from God’s hand,
is truly of such importance?
The plan of God is assuredly of importance;
however, this living being created by the hand of God
exists for the sake of His plan, exists for the sake of His plan.
Therefore, God cannot lay waste to His plan out of hatred for this human race.
It’s for the sake of His plan and for the breath He exhaled
that God endures all torments, endures all torments,
not for the flesh of man but for the life of man.
He does so in order to take back not the flesh of man
but the life He breathed out.
This is His plan.
from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God Is the Source of Man’s Life